Crown of Ash and Honey
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"Every empress is tested. Not all survive."
Sent to marry a distant emperor, Princess Kelilah enters Madab believing her greatest battles will be of the heart. But beneath the palace's dazzling splendor coils a world of whispered conspiracies and ruthless ambition. For in Madab, the sweetest smiles hide the sharpest daggers... and the crown she never sought may cost her life.
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